June Calendar

May 31 6-10pm Friday Night Lights on Larimer
Ride your cruiser or walk to Larimer for happy hour on the Square
Enjoy drink specials and mingle with artists as they prep for their weekend work
Grab a cold, Blue Moon Brewing Co. specialty beer and chat with the brewer
Go head-to-head with the Southwest Airlines Baggage Crew in a luggage-tossing contest
Tag Larimer Square in a DIY graffiti showdown. Show us your skills with a beverage in one hand and spray paint in the other. Enter-to-win fabulous prizes and dance the night away to live music under the twinkling lights of Larimer Square
Featured Artists: The event showcases six madonnari (professionals in this medium); all are award-winning street painters including first place finishes in the International Street Painting Competition in Grazie di Curtatone, Italy. Two of the madonnari, Stephen DeOrio and Mark Hollenbeck, are Colorado residents.

May 31-June 2 6pm Theatre on the Green
Stapleton Green
The Stapleton MCA is partnering with the Aurora Fox Theatre to bring a truly unique outdoor theatre production to Stapleton residents. This is a great opportunity to see a live play outdoors and one that is specifically produced and designed for The Green. This event is sure to be a wonderful opportunity for thespian lovers of all ages.

June 1 6:30-11pm Starlight Summer Movie and Street Fair – Mary Poppins
Festival Park, Castle Rock
The first movie in the Starlight Summer Movie series is Mary Poppins. The Starlight Summer movies have become the cornerstone of the Downtown Event Series. Fun-for-all-ages movies are shown on a giant, outdoor inflatable screen. The entertainment before each movie includes live music, kids’ activities, as well as food and beverages from various vendors.

June 2 6-8pm City Park Jazz – Hazel Miller
City Park
Denver’s annual Summer Concert Series will kick off June 2. Stop by City Park from 6 to 8 p.m. for the first of 10 free jazz concerts, an historic tradition that began more than 130 years ago!

June 3-24 7-8pm Classics 101 with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder
Learn about each of the plays in the CSF 2013 season from the dramaturgs! This informal presentation is a great way to learn about the historical context, production history, and behind-the-scenes aspects of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s summer lineup. Each free lecture concludes with a drawing for tickets to opening night of the play!

June 4 5:30-8pm Hershey’s Track & Field Games .
Bear Creek High School 9800 W. Dartmouth Pl. Lakewood, CO 80227
No Fee! Hershey Track Meet!
This event offers participants ages 9-14 an opportunity to compete in track and field events while also providing them a chance to qualify for the state meet. Participants must bring a copy of their birth certificate and complete a local entry form prior to participating. The first 20 participants registered for each event get the chance to win a free gift!
Event details are available at www.hersheytrackandfield.com.

June 5 5pm Evergreen Lake summer Concert Series – Hosty Duo
Evergreen Lake Park is located at 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road
Come jam out at the 16th annual EPRD Summer Concert Series! EPRD summer concerts are free to the public and are paid for by local sponsors. Bring picnic food, drinks, lawn chairs and coolers and enjoy the music under the stars. Enjoy the sounds of Hosty Duo, a rock duo from Oklahoma who have been featured on the Jimmy Kimmel Show during their filming of the Okie Noodling Festival; and the Evergreen School of Music
http://evergreenlakepresents.com/

June 6Larimer Square Summer Film Series
Larimer Square
6pm movie-Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
8:30pm movie – Italian Job
The Larimer Square Summer Film Series is an exciting, new outdoor film and dining event on Denver’s most historic, urban block. The premier destination in Downtown Denver with its outdoor patios and twinkling canopy of lights, the restaurants and retailers of Larimer Square are joining forces with BMW and the Denver Film Society to present this unique, summertime offering.

June 7Four Mile Historic Park
715 S. Forest Street, Denver 80246 (map)
Travel back to 1859…for free! Enjoy a tour of the Four Mile House Museum – a Denver Landmark, panning for gold, and meeting our many farm-animals!
www.FourMileHistoricPark.org

June 7 5:30-7:30pm Music on the Plaza
Belmar Plaza off Teller St.
Enjoy live acoustic and jazz ensembles on the plaza

June 7 6-9pm Arts Street – Movie
Where1079 Osage St., Denver, CO 80204 (map)
Every first Friday of the month, Arts Street starts popping the kernels, chills the soda-pop, and picks a movie to be shown on our big screen projector for all members of the community to see. http://arts-street.org/

June 7 5:30-7:30pm Summer Concert Series – Atomga
Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St, Denver 80203
This eleven-piece, Denver-based band features a four-piece horn section and awesome percussion. Atomga will connect your heart with mind, body, and soul. With foundations in Afrobeat, the band delves into a number of genres including funk and jazz.

June 8 9am National Get Outdoors Day Denver
Denver City Park, East 22nd & Colorado Blvd., Denver 80207
National Get Outdoors Day Denver on Saturday, June 8th, in Denver’s City Park is a free, public event that connects kids and families to nature, encouraging healthy, active lifestyles. Visit our four interactive villages where you can fish, bike, garden, climb, paint, build, paddle, learn, dance, jump, eat and play – right in the heart of Denver!

June 8 5-11:55pm Lakewood’s Rockin Block Party
Lakewood Civic Cennter, 480 S. Allison Pkwy., Lakewood 8022226
The City of Lakewood is proud to continue the tradition of getting neighbors together by hosting the Rocking Block Party, a free community event at the Lakewood Heritage Center. This year’s event offers fun for all ages with historical tours, games, live music and a family-friendly movie

June 8-9Ten Mile One Mile
Frisco Kayak Park, 101 Forest Dr., Frisco
Unique to Frisco compared to its surroundings, the annual Ten Mile One Mile Kayak Competition provides spectators with a close-up view of river kayaking. All events are free and there will be awesome prizes for top places and a random bib drawing.

June 8&9Summer Art Market Art Students League of Denver
200 Grant St., Denver 80203
The 2013 Summer Art Market (SAM) will mark the 21st year of producing a successful and highly regarded event, held during the second weekend of June on the Denver streets surrounding the Art Students League of Denver. SAM is not a juried art fair and is open only to the Art Students League’s community of artists. The event includes 170 booths, exhibiting and selling the artwork of over 250 artists, and bringing in over 15,000 visitors. In addition to the art, the festival offers food, entertainment, art demos and children’s activities.

June 9 6-8pm City Park Jazz – AOA
City Park
Denver’s annual Summer Concert of 10 free jazz concerts, an historic tradition that began more than 130 years ago!

June 10 8pm Grease
Infinity Park at Glendale, 4599 e. Tennessee Ave., Denver 80246
The 6th annual Monday Movie Madness Series is back this summer with another lineup that is sure to please everyone in the family. Movies begin on June 10th with the high school classic Grease and will run every other Monday until August 19th with the 2nd annual showing of The Princess Bride to close the series.

June 11 5-8pm Music in the Park
Whitlock Park, 1555 Dover St., Lakewood
The West Colfax Community Association is a coalition of citizens, business owners, community leaders, and neighborhood organizations
working together to create and sustain a vibrant community and to enhance the economic vitality of the West Colfax Avenue corridor. Join us for a picnic, live music and good old fashion fun!

June 12 5-9pm Band on the Bricks – Funkiphino
Downtown Boulder (1300 block)
From oldies to alternative and everything in between, Bands on the Bricks is Boulder County’s premiere outdoor summer concert series taking place in the heart of the city on the bricks of the one-and-only Pearl Street Mall.

June 12Hudson Gardens
6115 south Santa fe Drive, Littleton, CO 80120 (map)
Description The Hudson Gardens & Event Center is open from 9 to 5 daily, year-round. Our Gift shop is open from 10 AM to 3 PM daily, Monday through Saturday from November through April. (The Gift Shop is closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day). http://www.hudsongardens.org/content/hoursandprices.php

June 13 6:30pm Sounds of Summer – Boomers – Classic Rock from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s
City Center Englewood Amphitheater 1000 Englewood Parkway (at the base of the light rail bridge near Englewood Civic Center)
The complete Sounds of Summer schedule is available under “Englewood Happenings .
June 13 7:30-9pm 20th Annual Frisco Colorado BBQ Challenge’s Kickoff Concert
Frisco Main Street
Join the Town of Frisco for our 20th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge. Help us kick off 2013

June 14Flag Day

June 14 – August 16 12-1:30pm JTunes
Pearl Street Mall-1420 Pearl Street, Boulder
This engaging summer concert series offers music that appeals to families, residents who work on the mall and visitors. Attendees can grab lunch from one of the many Downtown restaurants.

June 14-16Parker Days Festival
O’Brien Park, 10795 Victorian Dr., Parker 80138
Parker Days is complete with a carnival, homespun crafts, good food and plenty of FREE music, the festival offers three action-packed days of activities for the entire family (plus a sneak peek carnival on Thursday night). For more than 30 years, the Parker Days has been the signature summer event of the Parker Chamber of Commerce, uniting Parker in community pride. With more than 100,000 people attending over the three days, it is an event that simply cannot be missed.

June 14 dark Movie on the Green – Moonrise Kingdom
Stapleton June 15 1-3pm Music on the Plaza
Belmar Plaza off Teller St.
Enjoy live acoustic and jazz ensembles on the plaza

June 15-16Denver PrideFest 2013
Civic Center Park Saturday 11am-7pm and Sunday 10am-6pm
Parade: The CoorsLight PrideFest parade steps off from Cheeseman park at 9.30am and proceeds down Colfax into Civic Center Park.
As Denver PrideFest grows (now the 3rd largest festival and seventh largest parade in the nation!), we are subject to increasing regulations and restrictions to obtain our liquor permit for the park. The festival will have established entry and exit gates this year at all intersections into Civic Center, near the library to the south, and the Denver Post building to the north. Recognized as one of the top ten pride events in the country, Denver’s PrideFest is a celebration of community, heritage, family and culture. Produced by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Colorado (The Center), more than 250,000 people from Colorado and surrounding areas come out to enjoy the parade, rally, music, entertainment, food and much more.

June 15 10am Evergreen Rodeo Parade
Downtown Evergreen
Join us at this year’s Big Top-themed Rodeo Parade on June 15, before heading to the main event! Bring the whole family and your friends for some old-fashioned fun, including up to 100 marching bands, horses, carriages, antique cars and, of course, amazing floats! The parade begins the fun of rodeo weekend in Evergreen and passes by the lake through Downtown Evergreen.
Fee for pancake breakfast starting at 7am preceding parade and rodeo .
Blue Spruce Kiwanis is hosting a pancake breakfast starting at 7 am before the parade. $6 per adult, $4 per child.
visit www.evergreenrodeo.com/parade.php

June 15 10am-noon Chickens by the Back Door
Littleton Museum 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton 80120
In our second of two classes on raising backyard chickens, you’ll learn even more about the magnificent chicken. We’ll talk about health, protection from predators, and all about eggs. If you didn’t make it to the first class, that’s okay, you can still register to attend this one. Please call to register for this free two hour class. We’ll meet in the education wing.

June 15 6-10pm Sweetwater Park Summer Concert – Dotsero and Hamilton Loomis
Sweetwater Park 8300½ Sweetwater Road, Lone Tree 80124
Dotsero: Taking their name from a small mountain town in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, DOTSERO means “Something Unique” according to Ute Native American legend to some. It means DOT-ZERO on the earliest geographical railroad maps to others, but to jazz fans worldwide DOTSERO means Smooth Jazz at its best, full of life energy and spontaneity that few artists in the genre have been able to match. A no nonsense sax and guitar driven thrill ride of energy and excitement.
http://www.dotsero.org/
Hamilton Loomis: “If blues, soul, and rock can be said to form a triangle, you’ll find Hamilton Loomis right in the center of it”, says Guitar Player Magazine. An apt description, as young Loomis is one of the young artists at the forefront of bringing blues based American music into the 21st century and redefining it for a contemporary audience. Spanning youth and tradition, Loomis bridges the gap between generations of music-lovers both in the U.S. and around the world. Whereas similar aged acts like Black Keys, Robert Randolph and White Stripes play American rock music with heavy blues influences, Loomis plays the inverse. His is an undeniably blues based artist escalating into what All Music Guide calls
“…a mixed bag of modern blues, modern funk, and slick soul.” http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/index.htm

June 15Juneteenth Music Festival
Five Points, Denver (Intersection of Washington, 27th St., 26 Ave. and Welton)
Commemorated in cities across the nation and around the world, Juneteenth is a cultural event celebrated by diverse people of all colors, backgrounds, and nationalities.. joining hands to mark the ending of slavery and the beginning of African American independence in the United States. Denver, Colorado’s Juneteenth Music Festival is one of the nation’s largest celebrations, drawing in record numbers of festival-goers and participation. The two-day event features live performances, art and cultural exhibitions, and food and commercial vendors; with partners and sponsors ranging from community support networks and organizations, to local and international companies.

June 16Father’s Day

June 16 6-8pm City Park Jazz – Neil Bridge + 7
City Park
Denver’s annual Summer Concert of 10 free jazz concerts, an historic tradition that began more than 130 years ago!

June 19 5pm Evergreen Lake Summer Concert Series – Sticky Mulligan
Evergreen Lake Park is located at 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road
Come jam out at the 16th annual EPRD Summer Concert Series! EPRD summer concerts are open to the public and are paid for by local sponsors. Bring picnic food, drinks, lawn chairs and coolers and enjoy the music under the stars.
June 19, enjoy the sounds of Sticky Mulligan, a one man funky folk band, and the Alpine Brothers.
http://evergreenlakepresents.com/

June 19 5-9pm Band on the Bricks – Under a Blood Red Sky – The U2 Tribute
Downtown Boulder (1300 block)
From oldies to alternative and everything in between, Bands on the Bricks is Boulder County’s premiere outdoor summer concert series taking place in the heart of the city on the bricks of the one-and-only Pearl Street Mall.

June 21 9:30-10:30am Foothills Community Concert Series
Clement Park –off Bowles and Wadsworth
Erica Sodos as Captain rosebud-Interactive Theatrical Magic for pre-school & school age
http://www.ifoothills.org/summer_concerts.asp

June 21 all day Make Music Denver
16th Street Mall
Who’s playing? The word is out and Make Music Denver is a must attend event whether you are participating or just listening. We are thrilled that over 90 bands and performers have performed last year and we expect even more this year! There is something for everyone! Remember that even if you do not pre-register you can still come down and pick a spot on the 16th Street Mall to play! Bring Your Musical Instrument to Work Day Be a Part of the Masses at the Mass Appeal Instrument Gatherings

June 21-23 10-11am 116th Annual Strawberry Days Parade
Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs
Besides a fantastic parade on Saturday from 10 to 11 AM, you can enjoy three days of arts, crafts, live entertainment, food and beverages at the 116th Annual Strawberry Days Festival in Glenwood Springs, CO.

June 22-23 10am-4pm Scandinavian MidSummer Festival
Estes Park-Bond Park in the center of downtown
Scandinavians celebrate the summer solstice – the longest day of the year – with a festival of music, flowers, and food in Estes Park the last weekend in June. Festivities begin on Saturday morning with the raising of the Maypole and a colorful opening ceremony. Entertainment by folk dance groups and Scandinavian musicians. Scandinavian food and crafts of all kinds available.

June 22-23 11am Cherry Blossom Festival
Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple, 1947 Lawrence St., Denver
Japanese culture and heritage are showcased in this annual event, now in its 41st year. Dance, taiko drums, and martial arts are featured on the outdoor stage, while inside the Denver Buddhist Temple are food sales, exhibits, and demos. Obon folk dance takes place at 7pm Saturday. Free admission. Charge for food.

June 23 6-8pm City Park Jazz – Salsa Con Jazz
City Park
Denver’s annual Summer Concert of 10 free jazz concerts, an historic tradition that began more than 130 years ago!

June 24 2pm Denver Concert Band
First Congregational Church of Eastlake, 12630 2nd St. Thornton

June 24 8pm Movie – Despicable Me
Infinity Park at Glendale 4599 E. Tennessee Ave. Denver 80246
The 6th annual Monday Movie Madness Series is back this summer with another lineup that is sure to please everyone in the family. Movies begin on June 10th with the high school classic Grease and will run every other Monday until August 19th with the 2nd annual showing of The Princess Bride to close the series.

June 26 5:30-8pm Rockies Skills Challenge
Carmody Middle School Baseball Fields 2050 S. Kipling St.
Join us for the Rockies Skills Challenge! Every child will compete in throwing, hitting and running, with the chance to advance to the sectionals and state finals! Participants must bring a copy of their birth certificate and complete a local entry form prior to participating. The first 20 participants registered for each event get the chance to win a gift!

June 26 5-9pm Band on the Bricks – Hazel Miller Band
Downtown Boulder (1300 block)
From oldies to alternative and everything in between, Bands on the Bricks is Boulder County’s premiere outdoor summer concert series taking place in the heart of the city on the bricks of the one-and-only Pearl Street Mall.

June 27 6:30pm Sounds of Summer – Solar – Alternative Pop and Rock
City Center Englewood Amphitheater 1000 Englewood Parkway (at the base of the light rail bridge near Englewood Civic Center)
The complete Sounds of Summer schedule is available under “Englewood Happenings”

June 28 6:30-8pm Aurora Symphony Orchestra
Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd Highlands, Highlands ranch
This series will pair cultural performances with a beautiful outdoor setting for an experience that is sure to delight all ages. Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner for a great evening under the stars at Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd, Highlands Ranch, from 6:30 – 8 pm. June 28 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra July 26 – Swing Je T`aime August 23 – Swingset Jazz Quintet

June 28 6:30-8pm Aurora Symphony Orchestra
Civic Green Park 9370 Ridgeline Blvd. Highlands Ranch
This series will pair cultural performances with a beautiful outdoor setting for an experience that is sure to delight all ages. Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner for a great evening under the stars..
http://highlandsranch.org/

June 28 4-8pm Last Friday Art Walk
Downtown Evergreen
Come enjoy a summer evening at great restaurants, galleries, and shops along babbling Bear Creek. Galleries will host featured artists, demonstrations, and great music every Last Friday. Stop at Main Street Fine Art Gallery to validate parking.

June 28 dark Movie on the Green – To Kill a Mockingbird
Stapleton

June 29 11am-2pm Festival of Felines
Cat Care Society, 5787 W. 6th Ave. Lakewood 80214
A free event for kids of all ages celebrating the Cat Care Society shelter, community outreach programs and the 2013 Tails of the Painted Cats. Enjoy all the felines, plus food, face painting and feline origami fun. This is an official Summer Tour stop for all the 2013 Painted Cats at the Cat Care Society Shelter.

June 30 6:30pm Sounds of Summer – Tumbling Dice – Old and New Country
City Center Englewood Amphitheater 1000 Englewood Parkway (at the base of the light rail bridge near Englewood Civic Center)
The complete Sounds of Summer schedule is available under “Englewood Happenings

June 30 6-8pm City Park Jazz – Ron Miles Quartet
City Park
Denver’s annual Summer Concert of 10 free jazz concerts, an historic tradition that began more than 130 years ago!